Tis good to doubt the worst
- DMI number:
- 14553
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Tis good to doubt the worst
- Last Line:
- So kings for safety must not blame mistrust
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts
- Author:
- John Webster
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 'The Thracian Wonder' Act 5 Scene 1. (1661, ESTC R20950). There is speculation over the exact authorship of this play.
- Author:
- William Rowley
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 'The Thracian Wonder' Act 5 Scene 1. (1661, ESTC R20950). There is speculation over the exact authorship of this play.
- Title:
- The British muse, or, a collection of thoughts moral, natural, and sublime, of our English poets: who flourished in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. [T131617] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.228
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Webster and Rowley's Thracian Wonder
- Attributed To:
- William RowleyJohn Webster
Poem Aliases
The Thracian Wonder.
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